146Consultation about accreditation standards

146 Consultation about accreditation standards

(1) During the course of developing an accreditation standard, the Board must—

(a) publish the proposed accreditation standard on its Internet site; and

(b) ensure that there is wide-ranging consultation within the disability sector, (including about the contents of the proposed accreditation standard including, but not limited to—

(i) Commonwealth and Victorian entities that have functions related to the regulation of disability workers or the training of the disability workforce; and

(ii) persons with a disability, their families and carers and any organisation representing them; and

(iii) disability workers and any organisation representing them; and

(iv) disability service providers and any organisation representing them.

(2) A contravention of subsection (1) does not invalidate an accreditation standard.